Man charged with assault and robbery

A Mount Holly man started his crime spree in Cleveland County before being picked up in Gaston County earlier this month, police say.

Billy Joe Wall Jr., 37, has been accused of a number of charges spanning Cleveland and Gaston counties.

According to arrest warrants, on March 31 Wall assaulted Lewis Avery Dover in Cleveland County. He allegedly assaulted him with a handgun, inflicting serious injury while doing so.

Using the handgun as a threat, he also stole various sets of keys from Dover, arrest reports say. He's charged with stealing a 2005 Yamaha V Star Motorcycle valued at $5,000 from Ethel Bolin Dover.

Finally, he was accused of one felony count of second-degree kidnapping for Lewis Dover.

Then, a warrant for Wall's arrest in Gaston County for the larceny of a motor vehicle was issued. According to the warrant, on April 2 Wall stole a silver 2005 Jeep Wrangler valued at $7,000 from Haven Haskett of Bessemer City.

He was booked into Gaston County Jail on Sunday. He's currently being held on a $143,000 bond.

This isn't the first time Wall has been arrested. In early March he was charged with possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, as well as driving with a revoked license, driving with a fictitious tag, exceeding a safe speed, failing to appear in court and resisting an officer. His bond was released on an unsecured bond.

He's also been charged with a number of other crimes in the past, including assaulting a female, failure to appear, resisting a public officer, and more.